Arch support



J. ABRAMOWITZ.

ARCH SUPPORT.

APPLICATION man 1m31'. 192|.

Patented May 3o, 1922.

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JOSEPH .ABRAMOWITZ OF BQLDSON, ILLINOS.

ARCH SUFIPOB/T.

intente.

Application filed January S1, 1921. Serial No.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, JOSEPH .ABnAMowrrm a citizen of the United States, residing at Madison, county of Madison, and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Arch Supports7 of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

rlhis invention relates to a certain new and useful improvement in arch-supports, the principal object of my present invention being to provide, as a new article of manufacture, an arch-support of simple, durable, and inexpensive construction which will act or function to adapt or build up a shoe or other foot-wear to properly and comfortably support the metatarsus or instep of the foot, and at the same time serve to automati cally cause a beneficial circulation of air within the shoe. i

With the above and other objects in view, my present invention resides in the novel features of form, construction, arrangement, and combination of parts hereinafter described and afterwards pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is an elevational view of an archsupport embodying my invention, showing by dotted lines its disposition in a shoe;

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional view of the archesupport, taken approximately on the line 2-2, Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a longitudinal. sectional view of the arch-support taken approximately on the line 3-3, Figure 2;

Figure 4e is a plan view of the support; and

Figure 5 is an end elevation of a slightly modified form of arch-support embodying my invention.

Referring now more in detail to the said drawing, which illustrates a practical embodiment of my invention, and in which like reference characters refer to like parts throughout the several views, l indicates the base of the support, which is formed or constructed of suitable preferably resilient ma terial, such as sheet metal, and shaped and contoured to conveniently fit within a shoe at its shank and heel, as best seen in Figure l. 2 indicates the support proper, which is of a size and contour to likewise conveniently ft within the shoe, and which not only normally inclines transversely, that is to say, is

Specification o Letters Patent. Pgttgmigd llay 3G, 19.22.,

higher relatively to the base l at its inner margin than at its outer margin, but is also bodily both longitudinally an d laterally shaped to approximately conform to and provide a support for the arch of the human foot.

By preference, the base l and the support proper or portion 2 are constructed from a single blank of sheet metal, with one edge of their side margins integrally joined or connected, as at 3, Figure 2; but such parts of the support maybe of separate sections riveted or otherwise fastened operatively together as shown in Figure 5, wherein the base 1 is flanged at a side margin to extend for securement, as at 3', over and upon the adjacent so-called outer margin of the support proper 2.

The upper element or support proper 2 is normally obliquely spaced from the lower or base element l a distance greater than is required in the device for a proper arch support, and due tothe tension or spring inherent in the material of the joint or connection 3 between the lower and upper elements fl and 2, respectively, the upper element 2 becomes not only a self-adapting support for the metatarsus or arch when the weight of the foot and body is applied, but at the same time rises and falls relatively to the base l on each application and relief of the weight of the foot, as in walking, and thus, at each step also acts as a bellows to create a circulation of air within the slice, the arch-support in such manner additionally serving toward keeping the foot cool and the shoe and the hose dry.

The arch-support is usually provided with a relatively soft covering or pad et of leather or other suitable material the pad 4 maybe maintained in proper relation with the support-proper 2, I preferably provide the support-element 2 with pad holding-means, such as the points 5, which may be economically provided in the metal element 2 by punching.

My new arch-support may be inexpensively manufactured, may be made in various shapes and sizes to fit ,hoes of different sizes and to accommodate arches or insteps of various contour, and has been found from use exceedingly eflicient in performing its intended functions.

l am aware that changes in the form, construction, arrangement, and combination of the several parts of the arch-support may and in order that be made and substituted for those herein shown and described Without departing from the nature and principle of my invention.

Having thus described my invention., what l claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l, An arch-support comprising a base adapted to lit Within a shoe, an arch-supN porting element also contoured to fit Within a shoe and shaped to conform approximately tothe instep or arch of the foot, and a sheet metal. hinge connection between the base and one sidemargin only of the arch-supporting element and yieldingly maintaining the arclrsupporting element normally in obliquely disposed spaced relation to the base, the arch-supporting element being otherwise out of'engagement with the base and adapted through the inherent resiliency of said hinge connection to yieldingly rise and fall relatively to the base on each application and relief of the Weight of the foot.

2. As a newv article of manufacture, an arch-support formed of a single section of sheet metal and integrally comprising a base and an arch-supporting element both oontoured to lit Within a shoe and the arch supporting element being shaped to conform approximately to the .instep or arch of the foot, the arch-supporting element being normally disposed obliquely to the base and integrally joined to the base at one side margin only, the supporting element being` otherwise out of engagement with the base and being adapted to resiliently lrise and fall relatively to the base on each application and relief of the weight of the foot.

In testimony whereof, I havevsigned my name to this specication.

JOSEPH ABRAMOWITZ. 

